[2] Abdul Malek, former secretary to the government of Bangladesh, became Chief Information Commissioner on 22 March 2023.
The Information Commission of Bangladesh was established on 1 July 2009 by the Awami League government.
It was based on the Right to Information Ordinance, which was passed in 2008 by the Caretaker Government during the 2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis and ratified by the parliament on 29 March 2009.
The first chief information commissioner was M Azizur Rahman, a retired government secretary.
Sadeka Halim, a professor at University of Dhaka, and Mohammad Abu Taher, another retired secretary, were the first two commissioners.